The woods are just wood, the trees are just wood...
In retrospect, Hallie isn't entirely sure they know what drove them to go straight from the dock to the woods like this. ... Or, well, obviously it was the rumors of little tree people acting out, but why in the world Hallie's response was "investigate immediately" instead of "put a pin in that and figure out literally anything else first" was a mystery.

"At least they haven't tried murdering me?" Hallie grumbled, thoroughly lost. "... This was a bad idea. I don't even know what direction anything is."